DERELICT 25 YEARS.
ALL BECAUSE OF A QUARREL. A daily reminder of no less than 25 years of the irreconcilable- quarrel of two brothers, East Indian merchants, and a danger to shipping, the hulk of the St. JuTien, in its day a fine sailing ship, is at last being removed from the foreshore at Sunderland, England. The vessel belonged to two brothers. She did several trips to the -Indies for tea, but the* brothers Quarrelled, and neither would give up his share in the vessel, which they sold to a Sunderland firm, of shipbreakers. It was then found that she was constructed of valueless material, and' was left derelict. At least 20 attempts have been made to break the ship up, hut after a short period of activity the waters have again settled over her practically untouched hows. To wind iqi the amazing story, the firm, of shipbreakers who are the unwilling owners of the vessel have now paid another firm .in break her up!
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 51, Issue 129, 13 March 1931, Page 7
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165DERELICT 25 YEARS. Ashburton Guardian, Volume 51, Issue 129, 13 March 1931, Page 7
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